If there is a conflict between the creative common licence and the special data owner conditions, the latter shall have precedence.

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acknowledgment concerning the supplied data. Always quote reference of the experiment in the citation index when using WDCC data.

In addition to your comments and suggestions, we
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appreciative if you would send us a line or two describing your application of
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Used freely for research only

Data from the projects available on the WDCC server
may be used freely for research only.

Non-research use of WDCC data

If you do not feel able to accept the
conditions for access to the WDCC research data service, you may still be able
to acquire data via WDCC Data Services. Please contact

Personal account

The WDCC will provide you with a personal account and password. If you copy,
distribute, display and perform the data you may do it only under the conditions
identical to this one. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
any password(s) you are given to access the WDCC Site, and are fully responsible
for all activities that occur under your password(s). You agree to notify WDCC
immediately of any unauthorized use of your password(s).

Audit

All downloads from WDC-Climate are audited.

Share alike

Any person extracting data from this server will accept responsibility for
informing all data users of these conditions

Liablity / Warranty

The data are delivered to the user without a warranty of any kind. The
user is aware that the data were generated in keeping with the current state
of science and technology.

The WDCC assumes no obligations on the basis of this agreement towards
third parties. There is no liability of the WDCC for any harm arising from
the delivery and subsequent processing of the data products. The user exempts
the WDCC from any liability towards third parties.

The disclaimer under
8 (1) and (2) does not
apply if and in so far as the WDCC has acted with gross negligence or with
intent.

Other provisions

If the user is a merchant, a legal person under public law or a special
asset under public law, Hamburg shall be the place of jurisdiction for all
disputes arising from this use agreement.

Should there be one or more provisions in this agreement that are void,
in whole or in part, then this will not affect the validity of the other
provisions. The invalid provisions will be replaced retroactively by an
arrangement as similar as possible in content and coming closest to
fulfilling the purpose of the intended provision.